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Cold Cast French Limestone The Goddess Flora (three views) 27" H x 9-1/4" W Cold Cast French Limestone Sorry! This item is no longer available. Follow this link to view a figure of The Goddess Flora in Bronze. |
| The goddess walks forward looking to the front, she wears a long, full dress caught up over the right thigh and held at the waist by a ribbon; her bosom exposed. A garland of flowers held in the crook of her right arm passes around her back and is caught up in her raised left hand. Flowers are in her hair, which falls over her left shoulder. Wedded to the South Wind, Zephyr, her footsteps heal the soil and herald spring. Flowers bloom in her wake and the earth warms at her gaze. Known as the Goddess of Spring and the handmaiden to the Goddesses of the Earth and Atmosphere, she blesses the land with color, fragrance and beauty. Courted by Bacchus she embodies fertility, abundance, health, beauty and generosity. She is romantic sand sensual; not a demure goddess. She serenely walks forward admitting no impediment to her course. A magnificent sculpture for home or garden. |
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